Cell-free translation of peptides and proteins:from high throughput screening to clinical production.

Cell-free translation of peptides and proteins:from high throughput screening to clinical production.
Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2013 Mar 14;
Authors: Murray CJ, Baliga R
Abstract
In the past decade, in vitro transcription/translation technologies have emerged as discovery tools for screening large protein expression libraries, for the selection of engineered polypeptide libraries, and as alternatives to conventional heterologous expression for protein production. Therapeutic proteins and peptides discovered using ribosome-based display methods that link genetic information to the encoded polypeptide generated by cell-free extracts, or purified translation components, are beginning to move forward into human clinical trials. This review details the significant progress in in vitro translation for novel protein and non-natural amino acid containing peptide discovery platforms, as well as advances in the clinical-scale production of therapeutic proteins using cell-free transcription/translation.
PMID: 23499386 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Opinion in Chemical Biology - March 14, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Murray CJ, Baliga R Tags: Curr Opin Chem Biol Source Type: research